Laura Sandys MP, the chair of the Conservatives’ 2020 Productivity and Efficiency Commission, has suggested that responsibility for policies on UK recycling, waste and resource efficiency should be passed to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), many of Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) business clients should be interested to...
Defra should support industry, says waste sector
A few weeks ago here at Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com), we drew attention to complaints from the waste collections industry about the recent letter sent to them by resource minister Dan Rogerson, suggesting that his department would be scaling down waste activities. Now, waste sector trade associations have come together...
Wales reaches 52 per cent recycling target
England may be struggling to remain on track to meet its own EU-set waste collections targets, but there have been no such issues for Wales, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) can report, with the news that its 52 per cent statutory recycling target has now been achieved. The Welsh government opted...
Defra cutbacks draw concern from waste sector
Key figures in waste recycling have expressed concern about new resource minister Dan Rogerson’s announcement of Defra plans to decrease its policy and funding activities in the sector, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. A recent letter by Mr Rogerson to members of the industry asserted that although waste was still...
2014/15 to see reduction in waste activities by Defra
Clients of the waste collections of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read of the new warning by recently appointed resource minister Dan Rogerson, that Defra will cut back on activities in the waste and recycling sector for 2014/15. Although Mr Rogerson described waste as “one of his...
Recycling in England not on track to meet EU targets
The mere 0.2 per cent rise in England’s recycling rate in 2012/13 is not a sufficient rate of increase to ensure that UK meets the 50 per cent by 2020 recycling target set by the EU, Defra has said. Users of Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) waste services may be intrigued...
EU waste legislation backed by trade bodies
The role of European Union legislation in driving forward the waste recycling industry has been supported by the major trade bodies representing the sector in the UK, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. Such support for the waste collections sector comes amid continued work by the government to assess whether current...
WEEE regulations guidance published by BIS
Businesses have received help to prepare for the upcoming modifications to the WEEE system, in the form of guidance on the applicability of the new regulations issued by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) can report. The guidance, which was released on Friday, November...